Ariana Grande is BACK on Tour, Slays Paris Performance2:01

Ariana Grande is back in action and she’s doing it all in the name of her Manchester angels while simultaneously taking us along for the ride through her Instagram pics! Are you loving the fact she’s back on tour and do you love her new 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' cover single?

Luckily the gig was comprehensively documented by pretty much everyone with a phone in the sold out venue.

Grande has handled an unfathomably awful year with real class — and the 24 year old’s fanbase (or Ariantors) are one of the most loyal in pop music. And most vocal. Their screams are almost as high-pitched as Grande’s acrobatic voice.

Grande is a modern throwback to Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in their prime — a singer who can really, really sing. It’s often not a prerequisite.

And refreshingly for a highly-choreographed, highly-energetic pop concert Grande’s live vocals were on point — she’s not afraid to bust out a big note at regular intervals. She even sang part of recent hit Side to Side riding a spin cycle just because she can.

Although it was odd to have her own backing vocals on tape rather than an actual backing singer, who could have added to the live experience.

The tour showcases her third — and most creative — album Dangerous Woman, with new songs replacing almost all of her earlier material.

Although interestingly while Nicki Minaj and the Weeknd’s parts are represented either on video or tape in other hit duets with Grande, Iggy Azalea’s rap has been remixed out of the new version of Problem, even for Azaela’s home country of Australia.

You wonder if some of the more directly sexual lyrics and the occasional salty language in songs like Everyday, Bad Decisions and Side to Side go over the heads of her younger fans — plenty who seemed to attending their first concert.

Ariana Grande busting moves in the US back in February. Picture: Getty ImagesSource:Supplied

And if you’re picky, Grande’s show could have done with the kind of big-budget production many of her contemporaries operate with. While there were a few more bells, whistles, balloons, streamers and pyrotechnics as the night went on, at times it looked more like a club show than an arena concert. But if it’s your first show you’d have no point of reference and just seeing her live doing those songs is special enough.

One Last Time has taken on a new poignancy after Grande donated royalties from the song to the Manchester victims and their families.

However it’s a cover of Over the Rainbow that is the night’s most emotional moment — Grande sounded like she might not make it through the song in parts. She wasn’t overly chatty during the night — apart from pointing out she knew not to pronounce Melbourne as “Mel-born” — having an Australian ex-boyfriend may have helped there.

And during Thinking ‘Bout You silhouettes of same sex couples kissing and rainbow lighting highlighted Grande’s ongoing commitment to the LGTBIQ community.

But her Manchester logo on the screen behind her during Over the Rainbow was a subtle way of saying it all without saying a thing and reminding us of the new world we live in.

Grande plays Rod Laver Arena again tonight before shows in Brisbane and Sydney.

New floor tickets for tonight’s Melbourne have just been released from Ticketek.